AIA §11(h) PRIORITIZED EXAMINATION FEE.(1) IN GENERAL. (A) FEE. (i) PRIORITIZED EXAMINATION FEE. A fee of $4,800 shall be established for filing a request, pursuant tosection 2(b)(2)(G) of title 35, United States Code, for prioritized examination of a nonprovisional applicationfor an original utility or plant patent. (ii) ADDITIONAL FEES. In addition to the prioritized examination fee under clause (i), the fees due on an application for which prioritized examination is being sought are the filing, search, and examination fees (including any applicable excess claims and application size fees), processing fee, and publication fee for that application. (B) REGULATIONS; LIMITATIONS. (i) REGULATIONS. The Director may by regulation prescribe conditions for acceptance of a request under subparagraph (A) and a limit on the number of filings for prioritized examination that may be accepted. (ii) LIMITATION ON CLAIMS. Until regulations are prescribed under clause (i), no application for which prioritized examination is requested may contain or be amended to contain more than 4 independent claims or more than 30 total claims. (iii) LIMITATION ON TOTAL NUMBER OF REQUESTS. The Director may not accept in any fiscal year more than 10,000 requests for prioritization until regulations are prescribed under this subparagraph setting another limit.(2) REDUCTION IN FEES FOR SMALL ENTITIES. The Director shall reduce fees for providing prioritized examination of nonprovisionalapplications for original utility and plant patents by 50 percent for small entities that qualify for reduced fees under section 41(h)(1) of title 35, United States Code.